Drops of Joy
Pointing out the importance of maintaining a playful spirit, which we all have when we are kids and society forces us to abandon in our adult lives, Drops of Joy is a documentary that speaks widely about the idea that playing is something very serious and urgent.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Cacau Rhoden
Actors: Antônio Nóbrega, Domingos Montagner, José Simão, Wandi Doratiotto
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
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The Mystery of the Carpathian Sphinx
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We Are Triathletes
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Visions of Eight
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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Data Mining the Deceased: Ancestry and the Business of Family
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Mixtape
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Love, Deutschmarks and Death
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Art Paul of Playboy: The Man Behind the Bunny
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View from a Blue Moon
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Inaudito
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The World’s Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story
An exclusive look at the hard but rewarding life of The World’s Strongest Man & WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry.